title: Chronic painful sesamoids of the thumb.
abstract: In patients with persistent localized pain at the level of a sesamoid bone of the thumb not obviously related to trauma, sesamoidectomy gives excellent results. Often no X-ray or histological abnormalities are found, leaving the origin of pain problems still unsolved.
authors.affiliation: Department of Plastic, Reconstructive and Hand Surgery, Academic Hospital Utrecht, The Netherlands.
authors.forename: J H
authors.initials: JH
authors.lastname: van der Voort
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kon
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002908:Chronic Disease; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010027:Osteotomy / Q000379:methods* / Q000592:standards; D010146:Pain / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000601:surgery*; D011859:Radiography; D012716:Sesamoid Bones